Weather-strip.



No. 875,250. PATENTED DEC.' 31, 1907.

W. H. BTTER.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JAN. 27. 190s.

WILLIAM II. ETTER, OF MARIETTA, OI-IIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, -1 907.

Application filed January 27. 1906. Serial No. 298,160.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I-I. ETTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marietta, in the county of Washington and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in Weather strips.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofweather strips, and to provide a combined sash guide and weather stripof simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, which will possessgreat strength and durability, and which will be capable of beingreadily applied to windows by inexperienced persons with the simplest oftools.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter adapted to effectually exclude air, and capable of preventino'side motion of window sashes, whereby it will be adapted to correct illfitting sashes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device adapted toprevent sashes from rattling and capable of reducing the friction to aminimum and of enabling sashes to slide freely at all times.

Another obfect of the invention is to provide a combined guide andweather strip which will not interfere with the removal of the sashes ofthe window, and which may be supplied at the cost of an ordinary sashuide or weather strip.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointedout in the claims, hereto appended; it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details ofconstruction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

Figure l is a horizontal sectional view of a portion of a windowprovided with a combined guide and weather strip constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspectiveview of a portion of the weather strip.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawm0.

tThe combined guide and weather strip is provided with a substantiallyL-shaped oombined guide and attachment portion 1,A

which is constructed of a strip of sheet metal, centrally bent in alongitudinal direction at right angles to provide two sides or wings 2and 3, and the metal of each side or wing is doubled or folded on itselfto form two plies or thicknesses, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawing. The side or wing 2 is fitted flat against a sash 4, and issecured to the same by suitable fastening devices 5, which pierce bothplies or thicknesses of the side or wing 2, and which also pass throughan inner attachment portion of a resilient flange or tongue 6. The innerattachment portion of the resilient flange or tongue 6 and the side orwing 2 are provided at intervals With perforations 7 for enabling thecombined guide and Weather strip to be readily tacked to a window sash.The other side or wing extends outward at right angles to the side orWing 2, and fits against the guide strip 8 of a window frame or casing9. The plies or portions, formed by the fold, to provide a stout guidingportion, and it will be apparent that the projecting guiding sides orwings 3, at the opposite sides of a Window, will hold a sash againstside motion and will correct ill fitting sashes and enable the same toslide freely.

The resilient tongue or flange 6 consists of a strip of springmetal,having an attachment portion 10, arranged at a slight angle to its freeor engaging portion and fitted within the fold of the side or wing 2,and clamped by the plies or portions thereof. By this construction theresilient tongue or flange is securely fastened to the body portion ofthe combined guide and weather strip, and the fastening devices forsecuring the combined guide and weather strip to a window sash alsoserve to securely fasten the resilient tongue or flange within the foldof the attachment side or wing 2 of the L- shaped body portion 1.

In order to revent the resilient tongue or flange from ecoming separatedfrom the L-shaped portion l before the device is ap` are contiguousAplied to a window, the side or wing 2 andthe attachment portion 10 ofthe resilient tongue .or fiange are provided with indentations 1l,

10, and the side or wing 2, extends outward Y from the same as clearlyshown in Fig. 2,

before the device is applied to a windowsash, and when the device isapplied to a window the resilient tongue or flange is fiexedor bentbackward to insert it between the window sash and the guide strip 8.This creates sufficient friction to form a tight joint and to preventthe sash from rattling, andthe other ortion l2 of the resilient tongueor flange is ent longitudinally at a slight'angle to the inner portion,and when the device is applied to a sash, as shown in Fig. l, theportion 12 extends across the intervening space between the sash and theguiding or parting strip, and assists in providing a tight joint orconnection. The angularly bent portion 12, may also be flexed or bent toaccommodate itself to the intervening space between the sash and thestrip 8.

The combined guide and weather strip, by spacing the side edges of asash from the side ortions of a window frame or casing, and ymaintaining the former in fixed relation to the latter, is adapted tocorrect ill fitting sashes and will enable the same to slide freely atall times with Aa minimum amount of friction. Also it will be clear thatthe combined guide and weather strip may be readily applied to a windowby inexperienced persons, and that the resilient tongue or flange, whichextends between the sash and the guiding strip, is adapted to adjustitself to the size of the space into which it is introduced, and iscapable of forming a tight joint or connection and of preventing thesashes from rattling.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a window frame, and a sash, of a combined guideand weather strip consisting of an exteriorly arranged substantiallyL-shaped body portion fitting in the angle formed by the lsash and thewindow frame and having its sides or Wings rigid with each other, one ofthe sides or wings constituting an attachment portion and the other aguiding portion, and a resilient tongue or flange extending from thebody portion into the space between the sash and the window frame orcasing to form a tight joint or connection.

2. The combination with a sash, and a window frame, of a combined guideand weather strip comprising an exterior body portion arranged in theangle formed by the sash and the window frameand having an exteriorlyarranged guiding fiange or Wing, said body portion being folded to forma plurality of plies or thicknesses, and a resilient tongue securedwithin the fold of the body portion and extending into the space betweenthe sash and the window frame to form a tight joint.

3. The combinationwith a sash, and a window frame, of a combined guideand weather strip comprising a body portion arranged exteriorly in theangle formed by the'sash and the window frame and provided with anexterior guiding flange projecting from and rigid with the body portion,and a resilient tongue extending into the space between the sash and thewindow frame.

4. A combined guide and weather strip comprising an exteriorly arrangedbody portion having an attachment flange and provided with a projectingguide flange, said body portion being folded to form a plurality ofplies or thicknesses, and a resilient tongue secured within the fold ofthe body portion and extending therefrom.

5. A combined guide and weather strip comprising a substantiallyL-shapedV body portion arranged exteriorly in the angle formed by thesash and the window frame and having two sides or wings folded to form aplurality of plies or thicknesses, one of the sides being secured to thesash and the other side or wing being slidable on the exterior of thewindow frame, and a resilient tongue extending from the body portion atthe angle of the same and clamped between the folds of the body portionand secured by the fastening devices for securing the body to a winn fdow, said tongue projecting into the space between the sash and thewindow frame to form a tight joint.

6. A combined guide and weather strip comprising a body portion arrangedexteriorly in the angle formed by the sash and the window frame andhaving a proj ecting guiding flange rigid with the body portion andslidable on the exterior of the window frame, and a resilient tongueextending from the body portion into the space between the sash and thewindow frame and bent longitudinally to engage both of such parts.

7. A combined weather strip and guide comprising a substantiallyL-shaped body portion arranged exteriorly in the angle formed by thesash and window frame and consisting of two rigid sides or wings, one ofthe sides or wings forming an attachment flange and secured to the sash,and the other side or wing constituting a guiding flange and slidable onthe exterior of the Window frame,

and a resilient tongue extending from the Iny own, I have hereto a'xedmy signature angle formed lby the sies or Wings and pro in the presenceof two Witnesses. jeotng into tie s ace etWeen t e sash an( Windowframe, saipd tongue being bent longif WILLIAM H ETTER tadinally toextend across such space to en- Witnesses: gage both the sash and theWindow frame. GEORGE W. STRECKER,

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as A. T. WILLIAMSON.

